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The Greatest Night in Pop is a 2024 documentary film directed by Bao Nguyen. The film is about the creation of the renowned pop song "We Are the World" and its recording in 1985. The film features new interviews with various people involved in the song, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Dionne Warwick, and Cyndi Lauper.




Release and distribution


The world premiere of The Greatest Night in Pop took place on January 19, 2024, at the Sundance Film Festival as part of the Special Screenings. On January 29, 2024, Netflix released the film on its service.




Reception


On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 49 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A briskly paced celebration of a one-of-a-kind musical moment, The Greatest Night in Pop uncovers new stories while reminding viewers of the humanitarian vision that made it all happen." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Looking back all these years later, it's something of a miracle that, in the days before texts and emails, when you had to communicate by fax and messenger and landline phone calls, so many performers who were used to being the biggest star in the room agreed to get together on relatively short notice and figure out a path to record one of the most impactful singles in music history." Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com also gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Music bio-docs may be running out of steam, but The Greatest Night in Pop works by being specific and enlightening."




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External links


The Greatest Night in Pop at IMDb
The Greatest Night in Pop on Netflix
The Greatest Night in Pop at Rotten Tomatoes

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• Michael Learns to Rock
• BTS
• A Hard Day's Night (album)
• Queen
• JKT48
• IU
• Saturday Night Live
• One More Night (lagu Maroon 5)
• Greyson Chance
• A Hard Day's Night (lagu)
• The Greatest Night in Pop
• Bao Nguyen (filmmaker)
• We Are the World
• Lionel Richie
• Michael Jackson videography
• The Rhythm of the Night
• A Night at the Opera (Queen album)
• The Greatest Showman
• Whigfield
• Diana Ross